justinJustQuit

Good ol' detox. It's 3:20 A.M. and I can't sleep. I feel pretty good otherwise.

Part of it may be because I took a two hour nap earlier, but tomorrow's going to hurt!

I'm officially on day 2 (again) so yay for that.

ubntubnt

Hi, I am 7 weeks sober after 20+ years of Olympic drinking. My sleep is only now regulating as are the sugar cravings in the middle of the night. So please be prepared to work through this for as long as your body feels you need to. You will come out the other side and you will be the better for it.

IOAA2

Hi.
Drinking coffee is not helpful for a lot of us desiring good sleep patterns. It depends upon the person but coffee can affect people a lot of hours after drinking it.

BE WELL

anattaboy

Hang in there Justin. You know this routine and it will pass in a couple. You still gonna do IOP?

justinJustQuit

Yes I do.

My company's insurance changed since it's the new year, so I have to find out which IOP's my insurance help pay for. The insurance company was closed for holidays so I couldn't get the necessary info to get the process going.

It's totally fine though. I have no problems waiting a few days.

Johnston

Drinking screwed up my sleeping too. It's gotten better over time staying sober, and as long as I watch my coffee/carb intake during the day I tend to be ok. Also, I find that looking at a computer/tablet/phone screen before bed is bad for my sleep. I've switched to a Kindle Paperwhite and am doing much better at night.

Soberwolf

Well done on day 2 Justin

Jkm1987

Congrats on day 2! I'm on day five and I'm pretty sure I haven't slept a wink. I just keep telling myself it'll get better. Hang in there!

Kero

I always get bad insomnia after sobering up for a day or two at least. My body would just be too messed up to relax. Just remember it will pass and hang in there. I always try to remember that with every sober day you'll feel that much better than the last. I'm on day 4 and my body is just starting to return to normal.

JT0626

Ugh, insomnia really sucks. Hang in there, your body will thank you for it later!

PurpleKnight

Hang in there Justin!! You can do this!!

SarahB60

I swear I didn't sleep for 8 days. Then my sleep came back. Hang in there! Eventually you will sleep.

Summerfall

Hi,
Day 3 and also not sleeping. Don't know how I'm gonna be able to get up early for work tomorrow. Tired all day long, then at night wide awake tossing and turning.
Hopefully it will regulate in a bit. Used to sleeping from alcohol making me tired/drunk.

canguy

ditto here summerfall. No sleep for three nights now and have to get up for work in an hour. But I guess we'll just have to stick with it.....

justinJustQuit

Yeah it won't last long. I'll take insomnia over a hangover any day.

Serper2014

For those on the computer late at night

check out the program flux for both mac and windows... it changes the color of the screen closer to halogen or tungsten lighting which is easier on the eyes and lulls you to sleep... just google flux

Kris47

It is a help.